Excited Minions

Your lungs weren't meant to have that kind of shit sucked into them!

Funny thing about that, when I started smoking at 10, nobody said shit about it, and it was long before you could say cigarettes are bad without being sued. Smart? maybe not, but there will be bad shit passed off as ok, and remember this moment, because your ignorance will bite you as well

It'll bite you with a vengence.
I quit 19 months ago, but I smoked for over 30 years. I can't go down to the basement and back up again without gasping like an out-of-shape marathon runner!

You're gonna Fn hate me for suggesting it, but you might want to look into vaping cannabis. I smoked for 25 years, and switched to nicorette when it came out after several tries to get away without anything. I'm no stranger to how bad smoking can effect your lungs. I've been using e-cigs for over 10 years, and have no where near any of the problems with smoking, the biggest problem being chapped lips

Nonsense, I don't hate you. Not if you're posting with the intent to help.
Now...lemme ask you this since you say you have no where near any of the problems with smoking. Are you symptom-free? In other words, you have no wheezing? No chronic constant cough? No difficulty breathing?
OR, are you saying that eCigarettes have lessened the symptoms you already had?

I mean, if vaping isn't going to do anything to make me feel and breathe NOTICEABLY BETTER than right now, I think I'll just save my cash and invest in a visit to the doctor's office.

Two separate things, let me try to untangle it for you. I am not recommending e-cigs to you, if you can do without the nicotine, so much the better. I would recommend you look into cannabis therapy for your lungs, as this in fact can help heal your lungs, but seriously do look it up a bit, don't just blindly try stuff.

To directly answer your main question, the e-cig has low negative impact, it's not zero, but in comparison to smoking cigarettes, it might as well be. We both know first hand that a pervasive addiction sucks rocks, but the difference in overall impact between the two methods is stark.

Thank you for both answers!

The only benefit in known literature for vaping nicotine at all is in alleviating symptoms of Crones disease, and it seems there are better treatments available